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Student groups and organizations on college and university campuses that focus on specific interests or identities can help reduce feelings of isolation and increase a sense of community and belonging. The groups often involve shared…

An often overlooked way to broaden participation in computing is to grow a more inclusive student community and culture. A good way to build this community is to employ well-structured collaborative learning opportunities in your…

Learn more about using Computation Creativity activities in your introductory computing courses to engage your students and to improve their learning. In this March 2018 issue of ACM Inroads magazine, NCWIT Research Scientist and EngageCSEdu…

Computer Science-in-a-Box: Unplug Your Curriculum introduces fundamental building blocks of computer science — without using computers. Use it with students ages 9 to 14 to teach lessons about how computers work, while addressing critical mathematics…

Strategies for Increasing Participation and Transparency in Patenting Patenting processes are often unclear, making it difficult for employees to know when an idea, process, or product should be patented or how they might go about…

Use this resource to lead discussions on how bias might show up in everyday workplace interactions and practice ways of responding. Click the “View” button to see an online version, or click the “Download” button…

This is the first of a regular column that EngageCSEdu is doing for ACM InRoads magazine. The goal of the column is to show how great teaching can help broaden participation in computing. This article…

This toolkit contains a variety of resources for people seeking to advance sponsorship, for would-be sponsors, and for protégés looking for a sponsor. Use these tools to help you make the case for sponsorship in…

One of NCWIT’s most popular reports, Women in Tech: The Facts, brings together research findings on technical women including a summary of the key barriers to women’s participation in technology, promising practices for addressing these…

Sponsors can make a world of difference in anyone’s career, but research shows that they can be especially important for employees who are a minority in a majority-group environment. Use these tips to identify protégés…

Research shows that having a sponsor at work increases career satisfaction and retention. Sponsorship is especially important for employees when they are a minority in a majority-group environment. Use these recommendations to identify and build…

Your computing department’s website is a crucial platform for informing and engaging prospective students. These strategies will help you create a website that showcases the impactful and versatile nature of computing, highlights your department’s strengths,…

The NCWIT Engagement Practices Framework is a set of three evidence-based principles for engaging and retaining ALL students: Make It Matter, Grow Inclusive Student Community, and Build Student Confidence and Professional Identity. This poster outlines actionable things…

Just Because You Always Hear It, Doesn’t Mean It’s True. Not all approaches to widening participation in technology are research-based or effective. This guide is intended to help you identify common misunderstandings that surface when…

Are your job descriptions unintentionally narrowing your candidate pool and causing you to miss out on highly qualified professionals? Subtle assumptions about who traditionally does a job, the language used, or an over-emphasis on unnecessary…

Computing offers high quality jobs and is one of the fastest growing occupations in the United States. This resource compares computing to other occupations on quality of life issues such as pay, educational requirements, and…

This poster highlights the importance of community colleges in educating the computing workforce. It connects various pathways into community colleges, outlines some of key components of the community college experience, and shows the robust growth…

What is unconscious bias? Research reveals that even those with strong egalitarian values who consider themselves unbiased may unconsciously behave in discriminatory ways. Studies on unconscious and implicit bias demonstrate that our intuition and snap…

Effective feedback gives employees information they can realistically use to increase their learning and improve their performance. It abandons a “fixed mindset” that sees skills as “innate abilities” and instead employs a “growth mindset” that…

These tips will help you to engage students in your computing courses and retain them in the major. These ideas and examples are drawn from theory and research conducted by social scientists who study how…